Leading up to the 2025 fall season, MLive is highlighting the top high school football players in Michigan. Our first statewide list focused on the top quarterbacks playing 8-player football in Michigan, followed by the top offensive linemen and tight ends, then wide receivers and running backs.

A decade ago, when EA Sports shuttered its popular college football franchise, the art of roster management was simple. Players committed, players stayed (for three or four years) and transfers were a rarity more than anything else.

LSU had the best player in college football in 2023 (Jayden Daniels), and an historically poor defense. LSU had one of the top five quarterbacks in college football in 2024 (Nussmeier), and a team that failed to consistently zero in on big games.

I wrote tiers for the first time last season, and it was a fun exercise. I hope you enjoyed reading them, and I'm giving it another try this year. So here we go. These are my wide receiver tiers as we approach the start of training camp.

CFN preseason college football rankings of teams 26 to 50. From Minnesota to Auburn to North Carolina, which teams will push to be among the top 25 this season?

The two titan conferences of college football will ultimately decide how the College Football Playoff will evolve — or won't.

Ethan Carter, 18, had wounds to his skull, hand, arm and chest. The shooting bruised his brain but did not require surgery.

MLive Dream Team linebacker could be released from the hospital on Tuesday after he was shot four times over the weekend.

Despite being a member of the legendary Matthews family, Matthews was not heavily recruited out of high school, and arrived at USC as an unheralded walk-on in 2004. As a true freshman, he was offered opportunities for garbage time playing time during the Trojans ’ national championship season,